Horseshoe-calk.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

H. PAAR.

HORSESHOE CALK.

APPLIOATION IILED JAN. 22, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTOR /%40 PM,

BY ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY PAAR, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUSTUS VIGNOS, OF CANTON, OHIO.

HORSE-SHOE-CALK.

SPECIFICATION forming par of Letters Patent N 767,711, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed January 22,1904. Serial No. 190,128. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PAAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Oalks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a view showing the bottom or under side of the shoe. Fig. 2 is a view showing a portion of the shoe with the detachable calk removed. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the calk. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through line X X, Fig. 1.

The present invention has relation to horseshoe-calks; and it consists in the novel construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the shoe, which is formed in the usual manner, so far as the shoe itself is concerned.

The shoe 1 is provided with the outer calkholding flanges 2 and the inner calk-holding flanges 3, which may be formed integral with the shoe or may be securely attached thereto; but said flanges constitute an integral or fixed part of the shoe. The flanges 2 and 3 are spaced from each other a distance equal to the thickness of the calk 4, which calk is located between the flanges 2 and 3, substantially as shown in Fig. 4:.

The calk 4 is provided with the bendable tangs 5, which tangs are located at the ends of the calk and are spaced from each other so that they will pass the inner flanges 3 at the time the calk is placed in proper position.

The bendable tangs 5 are bent around the ends of the inner flanges 3, and for the purpose of securely holding the calk when the tangs are bent the inner flanges are provided with the notches 6, which notches receive the tangs 5, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be understood that when the tangs 5 are bent so that they will come under the notches 6 the calk will be held in proper position and cannot become detached owing to the fact that the tangs 5 are seated in the notches 6.

In order to remove the calk 4, the tangs 5 are bent so that they will clear the notches 6, after which the calk will be withdrawn from between the flanges 2 and 3.

It will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement I am enabled to provide detachable calks that can be easily attached and detached without injury to the shoe proper and at the same time the calks will be securely held in proper position at all times and under all circumstances.

The bendable tangs 5 are bent around the outer ends of the inner flanges, by which arrangement no end movement can be imparted to the calks after the tangs have been bent and seated in the recesses.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a shoe, provided with inner and outer calk-holding flanges, the inner flanges provided with notches, calks located between the inner and outer flanges, said calks provided with bendable tangs located at the ends of the calks, and the tangs bent around the ends of the inner flanges and seated in the notches of the inner flanges, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY PAAR. Witnesses:

J. A. J EFFERS, F. W. BOND. 

